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Are you trying to bring computer applications to life in your classroom?! The Microsoft Word Skills Lab MEGA Bundle is a comprehensive collection of 17 hands-on lessons and projects designed to build real-world Microsoft Word skills while preparing students for careers, college, and certification.
From quick, engaging activities to in-depth project-based learning, this bundle helps students connect practical computer skills with creativity, organization, and critical thinking. Each resource includes clear student directions, teacher guidance, and everything needed for meaningful, student-centered learning.
Includes pacing guide. TOTAL INSTRUCTIONAL TIME: 33.4 – 45.2 HOURS. For 1-hour periods: 6.7 – 9 weeks. Flexible options for organizing into semester or year-long courses.
What’s Included: 17 Activities, Assignments & Projects!
✉️ Business and personal letters
📂 Student Professional Portfolio
✈️ Travel Itinerary & Brochure 🌍
🤝 Community Service Project
💌 Greeting Cards & Labels
💼 Professional Portfolio & Growth Activities
🛠️ Troubleshooting Activities
This 2-page graphic organizer is the perfect activity to get students to explore, think about, research, and compare the Word's different ribbon tabs and groupings to PowerPoint.
2. Desk Name Plaque Card Assignment
This tasks students to create an 'official' desk name plaque for their desk. Students use Word Art, inserting and formatting pictures and fonts, and adding borders.
3. Personal Business Card PBL & Personal Branding Lesson Kit
This hands-on mini project is the perfect way for students to learn about personal branding, digital footprints, and basic design skills. Students reflect on their own personal brand with a discussion post and create a personal business card.
4. Business Letter Writing & Editing Assignments & Activities
Develop lasting skills for business letter writing, self and peer review, and related vocabulary. This includes online links needed to teach about block style letter writing, vocabulary matching manipulative activity with fill in worksheet, Quizlet vocabulary link, two assignments to write professional letters, and a self and peer review checklist.
This tasks students to create mailing labels in Microsoft Word using Avery labels. These labels make a great gift! Students apply design and computer application skills.
Do you get bombarded with questions all day?! Maybe a student can't turn on their computer...or a student tells you their paper isn't coming out of the printer...or maybe there's a student conflict. This project empowers students with practical troubleshooting techniques for hardware, software, and social issues. Students create a troubleshooting checklist in Word using ChatGPT to assist with problem solving 11 common classroom and tech issues.
7. Community Service Project (Creative Letter Writing & Art)
Students write letters, notes, and/or create artwork for elderly people in their community to show compassion and kindness.
8. 3 Greeting Card Project - Designer Role
This project tasks students to assume the role of designer to develop a mini portfolio of 3 greeting cards - 2 using Microsoft Word and 1 created by hand. Students apply writing, design, and computer applications that can be used for ANY HOLIDAY/EVENT such as Mother's Day, graduation, Father's Day, birthdays, Teacher's Appreciation, Veteran's Day, birthdays, etc.!
9. Holiday Christmas Card Assignment 1/4 & 1/2-fold
This assignment tasks students to create a holiday Christmas card using Word with the Avery #3266 quarter-fold card product (alternative assignment using regular cardstock included for bi-fold card). Students apply writing, design, and computer applications in this hands-on activity that incorporates AI or ChatGPT with responsible use.
10. International Travel Itinerary Lesson Kit (Lesson 6 of 9 of the Business Travel Bundle)
We live in a global marketplace and international travel is vitally important to the business world. This lesson incorporates hands on learning where students prepare a 7-day international travel itinerary including flight, hotel, excursions, and activities.
11. Travel Brochure PBL Project Kit (Lesson 9 of 9 of the Business Travel Bundle)
Marketing sells. Design attracts. Those who understand this excel. This lesson incorporates hands on learning where students use a wireframe to plan a 6-panel trifold travel brochure for a foreign country, and then, they create in MOS Word using advanced word processing features.
12. Student Cover Letter Assignment
This hands-on career and college readiness assignment helps students create a cover letter using current industry trends for professional, stylish, and stand-out-from-peers cover letters.
This hands-on career and college readiness assignment helps students create their resumes using current industry trends for professional, stylish, and stand-out-from-peers resumes.
14. Student Biography Assignment
This hands-on career and college readiness assignment helps students create their biographies using current industry trends for professional and stand-out-from-peers bios.
15. Student Reference List Assignment
This hands-on career and college readiness assignment helps students create their reference list using current industry trends for professional and stand-out-from-peers reference lists.
16. Teacher Thank You Letter Writing Assignment
Develop lasting skills for business letter writing with a thank you letter to a current teacher. Students explore advanced Microsoft Word features with design - changing color scheme, adding a border, inserting a text box, pasting an image with layout options, adjust spacing, and modify font type/style.
17. Word Navigation - Ribbon Research & Demonstration Project
Part 1 tasks small groups with the responsibility to research 2 - 3 navigation / ribbon tabs and groupings and record findings in a shared notes chart. Part 2 tasks student groups to 'become the teacher' and demonstrate the functionality of assigned Word navigation features while utilizing online meeting software and screen recording software mimicking a real work training session.
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Are you trying to bring computer applications to life in your classroom?! The Microsoft Word Skills Lab MEGA Bundle is a comprehensive collection of 17 hands-on lessons and projects designed to build real-world Microsoft Word skills while preparing students for careers, college, and certification.
From quick, engaging activities to in-depth project-based learning, this bundle helps students connect practical computer skills with creativity, organization, and critical thinking. Each resource includes clear student directions, teacher guidance, and everything needed for meaningful, student-centered learning.
Includes pacing guide. TOTAL INSTRUCTIONAL TIME: 33.4 – 45.2 HOURS. For 1-hour periods: 6.7 – 9 weeks. Flexible options for organizing into semester or year-long courses.
What’s Included: 17 Activities, Assignments & Projects!
✉️ Business and personal letters
📂 Student Professional Portfolio
✈️ Travel Itinerary & Brochure 🌍
🤝 Community Service Project
💌 Greeting Cards & Labels
💼 Professional Portfolio & Growth Activities
🛠️ Troubleshooting Activities
This 2-page graphic organizer is the perfect activity to get students to explore, think about, research, and compare the Word's different ribbon tabs and groupings to PowerPoint.
2. Desk Name Plaque Card Assignment
This tasks students to create an 'official' desk name plaque for their desk. Students use Word Art, inserting and formatting pictures and fonts, and adding borders.
3. Personal Business Card PBL & Personal Branding Lesson Kit
This hands-on mini project is the perfect way for students to learn about personal branding, digital footprints, and basic design skills. Students reflect on their own personal brand with a discussion post and create a personal business card.
4. Business Letter Writing & Editing Assignments & Activities
Develop lasting skills for business letter writing, self and peer review, and related vocabulary. This includes online links needed to teach about block style letter writing, vocabulary matching manipulative activity with fill in worksheet, Quizlet vocabulary link, two assignments to write professional letters, and a self and peer review checklist.
This tasks students to create mailing labels in Microsoft Word using Avery labels. These labels make a great gift! Students apply design and computer application skills.
Do you get bombarded with questions all day?! Maybe a student can't turn on their computer...or a student tells you their paper isn't coming out of the printer...or maybe there's a student conflict. This project empowers students with practical troubleshooting techniques for hardware, software, and social issues. Students create a troubleshooting checklist in Word using ChatGPT to assist with problem solving 11 common classroom and tech issues.
7. Community Service Project (Creative Letter Writing & Art)
Students write letters, notes, and/or create artwork for elderly people in their community to show compassion and kindness.
8. 3 Greeting Card Project - Designer Role
This project tasks students to assume the role of designer to develop a mini portfolio of 3 greeting cards - 2 using Microsoft Word and 1 created by hand. Students apply writing, design, and computer applications that can be used for ANY HOLIDAY/EVENT such as Mother's Day, graduation, Father's Day, birthdays, Teacher's Appreciation, Veteran's Day, birthdays, etc.!
9. Holiday Christmas Card Assignment 1/4 & 1/2-fold
This assignment tasks students to create a holiday Christmas card using Word with the Avery #3266 quarter-fold card product (alternative assignment using regular cardstock included for bi-fold card). Students apply writing, design, and computer applications in this hands-on activity that incorporates AI or ChatGPT with responsible use.
10. International Travel Itinerary Lesson Kit (Lesson 6 of 9 of the Business Travel Bundle)
We live in a global marketplace and international travel is vitally important to the business world. This lesson incorporates hands on learning where students prepare a 7-day international travel itinerary including flight, hotel, excursions, and activities.
11. Travel Brochure PBL Project Kit (Lesson 9 of 9 of the Business Travel Bundle)
Marketing sells. Design attracts. Those who understand this excel. This lesson incorporates hands on learning where students use a wireframe to plan a 6-panel trifold travel brochure for a foreign country, and then, they create in MOS Word using advanced word processing features.
12. Student Cover Letter Assignment
This hands-on career and college readiness assignment helps students create a cover letter using current industry trends for professional, stylish, and stand-out-from-peers cover letters.
This hands-on career and college readiness assignment helps students create their resumes using current industry trends for professional, stylish, and stand-out-from-peers resumes.
14. Student Biography Assignment
This hands-on career and college readiness assignment helps students create their biographies using current industry trends for professional and stand-out-from-peers bios.
15. Student Reference List Assignment
This hands-on career and college readiness assignment helps students create their reference list using current industry trends for professional and stand-out-from-peers reference lists.
16. Teacher Thank You Letter Writing Assignment
Develop lasting skills for business letter writing with a thank you letter to a current teacher. Students explore advanced Microsoft Word features with design - changing color scheme, adding a border, inserting a text box, pasting an image with layout options, adjust spacing, and modify font type/style.
17. Word Navigation - Ribbon Research & Demonstration Project
Part 1 tasks small groups with the responsibility to research 2 - 3 navigation / ribbon tabs and groupings and record findings in a shared notes chart. Part 2 tasks student groups to 'become the teacher' and demonstrate the functionality of assigned Word navigation features while utilizing online meeting software and screen recording software mimicking a real work training session.
Give a review at my Ms Biz TPT store. Go to your TPT account, then to My Purchases, and select leave a review next to Have you used this resource?
Post pictures or videos of the activities and projects. Please tag me!
Facebook @ms.biz.2023
Instagram @msbiz123
LinkedIn @Sharon Bogere, MBA
Email me to tell me about it or to join my email newsletter list.
COPYRIGHT INFO:
By purchasing and/or downloading this electronic file, you agree to the terms of use as stated below. For personal use/single classroom use only. No part of this document may be distributed, posted on the internet, copied, or sold without direct permission from the author. You do have permission to edit for your individual classroom use ONLY. Violations are subject to the penalties of the Digital Millennium Act. To purchase additional sharing licenses, please visit my store. All contents of this document are under copyright protection including all text and contents.
